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Business licences and business registration

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  1. You are here: Register to carry out acupuncture
  2. Register to carry on the business of earpiecing
  3. Register to carry on the business of electrolysis
  4. Register to carry on the business of tattooing
  5. Apply for a licence to hire out horses
  6. Applying for a variation to an existing licence
  7. Keeping or training animals for exhibition
  8. Apply for a licence to breed animals
  9. Apply for a licence to sell animals as pets
  10. Apply for a licence to keep dangerous wild animals
  11. Apply for a licence to provide boarding for animals.

Register to carry out acupuncture

Any person carrying on the practice of acupuncture and the premises from which they operate must be registered with the Local Authority.

The applicant must ensure that the facilities, equipment and procedures used are safe, hygienic, prevent the spread of infectious disease and comply with the Local Authority Byelaws and general Health and Safety law.

It is illegal to carry on the practice of acupuncture in Rotherham unless you and the premises where the practice is undertaken are registered with Rotherham Council.

Price for registering

If you have not previously been registered to undertake Acupuncture in Rotherham and you are operating from a new unregistered premises, then the full registration fee of £235 is required.

If you are already registered to undertake Acupuncture in Rotherham but are moving premises, then only the new premises fee of £198 is required.

If you are planning on carrying on the practice of Acupuncture at a premises that is already registered, then only the applicant fee of £37 is required.

Register here

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